Friday, 10 March 2017

Flash fiction prompts from VisDare

Today I'd like to point you to Angela Goff's 'VisDare'. It's a flash fiction prompt - one black/white picture + one word, weekly, and people post their 150-word pieces (stand-alone or part of their WIP) in her blog's comments. She doesn't seem to be posting as regularly recently, but there are heaps of intriguing past prompts on her old blog.

I hope her selections inspire you and take you in some unexpectedly creative directions!

(As Camp NaNo approaches, I'm gathering sources of inspiration to keep close by... What are some of your favourite spots - online or in real life - to find inspiration?)

Dear European Union:

Thanks for making my life that extra bit harder.

*reads through Google tech-speak gloomily*

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Here and here are the articles that I'm trying to comply with. If you read it yourself, I don't have to understand it, right?? If you're concerned, go read it.

If you continue reading my blog (which I hope you do, honestly), you accept that:

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d) I really don't think I should be dragged before a court if I get this wrong, but fortunately I'm not exactly famous so it's unlikely anyone will be paying attention.